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Patent Claimed on System-Level Encryption

Posted by michael on from the never-would-have-thought-of-that dept.

nattt writes "The Register is reporting that a Californian firm, Maz Technologies has been granted a patent for application independant file encryption, and is now going after other companies with its lawyers to press its claims. It seems that the US patent office doesn't check very well for prior art, and their laxity is causing small firms that get attacked on infringing these bad patents a lot of money to defend themselves."

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  1. Funny how... by CelestialWizard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They always seem to go after the smaller guys. If they were really serious, why not go after Microsoft, RSA, Symantec, etc...

    Oh yeah, thats right, they would be eaten for breakfast because of that pesky prior art thing that they so nicely ignored.

    corporate america needs a kick in the pants. America has to realise one thing.... the rest of the world